I understand that sound travels faster in water then in air. Water is a liquid, and air is gas.
Water still has the ability to roll the molecules over each other (so water can flow), it has some flexibility.
But I do not understand how a solid that is inflexible can make sound waves travel faster then in a flexible liquid.
In fact, sound waves travel over 17 times faster through steel than through air.
Sound waves travel over four times faster in water than it would in air.
Answer:
Explanation:
Givens
d = 8.5 meters
vi = 0
a = 9.81
t = ?
Formula
d = vi * t + 1/2 a t^2
Solution
8.5 = 0 + 1/2 9.81 * t^2 multiply both sides by 2
8.5 = 4.095 t^2 Divide both sides by 4.095
8.5/4.095 = t^2
1.7329 = t^2 Take the square root of both sides
t = 1.316
It takes 1.316 seconds to hit the ground.
Try looking at it like this and I'll bet you'll get it:
You're running through the boxcar on the train at 112 meters per second, but you notice that you're moving along the tracks at 210 meters per second. What must be the speed of the train along the tracks ?
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